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Upper shoreface information


Cross-bedded upper shoreface sandstones
Wave base diagram.

Upper shoreface refers to the portion of the seafloor that is shallow enough to be agitated by everyday wave action, the wave base. [1]

Below that is the lower shoreface.

  1. ^ R. G. Dean and R. A. Dalrymple (1991). Water wave mechanics for engineers and scientists. Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering. Vol. 2. World Scientific, Singapore. ISBN 978-981-02-0420-4.

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be beach sand, high water energy marine upper shoreface sand, intermediate water energy marine lower shoreface sand, and deeper low energy marine silt...

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turbidity current Underwater – The aquatic or submarine environment Upper shoreface – The portion of the seafloor that is shallow enough to be agitated...

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